Shadrach

by HANA B on 2009-12-04
It was ok.But it was olny baist on the rabet. And the boy. And him beeing sick. 8 years old girl.

by TANYA M on 2008-10-27
My 8 year old boy only liked the name of it. He had a hard time getting into reading this book

by KELLY H on 2008-06-06
This one had the honor of being called "the only reader I didn't like." Boring.

by TINKA L on 2008-06-02
I liked Shadrach. I liked the story because of all its adventures. Davie was my favorite character. One of the reasons I liked him was just because he was like a real boy. I also liked the theme about growing up. I thought it was exciting and it made me think. I think Shadrach is a very good book. Isaac L. age 9

by Rhonda J. on 2007-09-19
by Rhonda J. on September 19, 2007 I have a lot of problems with this book, especially it being a reader for younger kids. Most alarming was a part of the book where the boy asked his mother if it was a sin for him to think about a certain hymn when he was thinking of his rabbit--his mother responded that it wasn't a sin and even if it were, it wouldn't matter. The idea that an authority figure such as a parent could overrule God is not an idea that should be presented in such a trivial manner. If this were in a read-aloud where the parent could discuss the falseness of that statement with the child, it wouldn't be as alarming. But at this level, many parents aren't reading through the child's readers with them. The idea that sin isn't important or that a human could overrule God's judgement on sin is a dangerous idea. 2nd problem with the book, is the boy's fixating a hymn about Jesus' salvation with his bunny rabbit--this seems to me to be a mockery. Perhaps there is some deep symbolism here that I am missing--but if I'm not picking up on it, chances are the average 2nd-3rd grader reading this aren't going to pick up on the symbolism either. 3rd, the book sugar-coating disobedience and dangerous situations, like the boy going off for hours by himself without telling anyone, having his entire family worried about what happened to him, and then barely being reprimanded for the incident The average 2nd-3rd grade reader may be left with the dangersous impression that it is not a big deal to just go off by themselves and not tell their parents. Last, the reading & comprehension level for this book is above the average 2nd to 3rd grader (while this group of readers is said to be for grades 3 -5, most commonly this set of readers is used for children who aren't ready to start core 3 and it's readers, ie 2nd and 3rd graders.) My daughter struggled through this book, and did not enjoy it. She enjoys reading and reads a lot, but slugging through this book was a great chore for her. I give the book 1 star, because there are worse books out there, but this book falls far short of the normal high quality books selected by Sonlight.

by Robin e. on 2007-07-24
This book gets a bad rap on the forums, but we loved it. It's a endearing story of a young boy and his love for his pet rabbit. It is wordy and the descriptions are often long, but the tale is sweet and keeps the reader involved. Both my son and I enjoyed it very much.